The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries was the second original television series of the 1990s to be spun off from the Looney Tunes shorts (the first being Taz-Mania). It ran on Kids' WB! from 1995 through 2001.

The series centers on the adventures of Looney Tunes stars Sylvester, Tweety, and Hector the bulldog, and their owner Granny. Each episode, they are on vacation or called to some location where they have to solve a mystery going on, hence the series' title. Each episode starts with someone calling "the greatest detective in the world" to solve a case. Said detective is always unavailable, so they give up and settle for Granny. She takes her three pets with her wherever she goes, unaware of their endless conflict.

Actually, Granny does most of the detective work, but her pets do provide help from time to time. Of course, during all this, Sylvester is always trying to eat Tweety, but Hector, taking the role of the bird's bodyguard, is always making sure he doesn't.

Many of the supporting characters had guest appearances and cameos as the episodes went on. Cool Cat, a character in the later theatrical cartoons, appeared in just about every episode as a cameo.

While the first season featured episode-long plots based around the mysteries, the following seasons split the shows into two 10-minute segments that focused less on mysteries and most being based around Whole Plot Reference of older cartoons.

Tropes present:

Abdicate the Throne: Some lions wanted to depose their King because their food reserves (read: game) were running low. The King wouldn't mind abdicating except that it wasn't allowed. He had to die before a new King rose. He instead tricked Sylvester into switching places with him. (Which was posible thanks to Paper-Thin Disguise) The food was eventually found inside the cave of a lion who planned to usurp the throne but decided the current King wasn't all that bad when compared to Sylvester.

Ancient Artifact: In Good Bird Hunting, Sylvester finds an ancient relic that lets him grow taller and muscular to fend off Pete Puma from eating Tweety with mixed results. Granny ends up taking the artifact away.

All Just a Dream: The final episode when it seems that Sylvester finally ate that darn canary.

Artistic License – Animal Care: Granny is the worse pet owner of all time. Some episodes has Sylvester, Hector, Tweety or any combination of the three being pet-napped, and she barely even notices. And when she does notice, it's mostly Tweety she cares about. Never mind that fact that she never notices Sylvester being horribly injured, even by the other two.

The Cameo: Like most Looney Tunes shows, several other classic (usually somewhat obscure) characters would appear in certain episodes at times. Sometimes they'd even be central to the plot.

Cool Cat appears in almost every episode, though usually as background image rather than a character.

Cassandra Truth: Oftentimes Granny and her pets traveled to spooky places like a mummy's tomb or a haunted house, and Sylvester would be the only one who saw the danger they were in. Naturally no one believed him.

In the Blood: One episode features a distant cousin of Pepe Le Pew. That cousin behaves like Pepe and has a car that hops around the same way Pepe does while chasing female skunks or whatever Pepe and his cousin mistake for them. Pepe's cousin even mentioned the kinship to explain the behavior similarity.

Nixon Mask: One episode features a villain impersonating the ghost of William Howard Taft to scare the President away. After being unmasked, he says that he chose President Taft because, as the largest President in history, he'd make an impressive ghost and the costume shop was out of Nixon masks.

Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Most of the crimes are committed via classic Looney Tunes slapstick or in some otherwise bizarre and outlandish manner. Some of them are still perceived as accidents at first, even when they happen right in front of Granny herself.

With Friends Like These...: Sylvester, Tweety, Hector and Granny are a team of crime-solving supersleuths (though Granny does most of the work). This does little to stop Sylvester from trying to eat Tweety all the time, or Hector from beating on Sylvester constantly whether or not he's actually tried to eat Tweety recently.

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